Two youths of Rajpura in Patiala district, who were sent to Amritsar Airport by C-17 aircraft on Saturday night by the US, were arrested in a murder case. The police gave this information on Sunday.
Senior Superintendent of Police Nanak Singh confirmed the arrest of the accused from Amritsar Airport, saying that accused Sandeep Singh alias Sunny and Pradeep Singh were wanted in a murder case registered in 2023.
A case was registered against Sandeep and four others in Rajpura in June 2023. During the investigation, the name of another partner of Sandeep Pradeep was added to the FIR. A team led by Rajpura police station in -charge was sent to Amritsar Airport on Saturday to arrest both.
An aircraft with 116 illegal migrants from the US landed at Amritsar International Airport late on Saturday night. The aircraft landed at the airport at 11.35 pm instead of the expected time of 10 pm. It is the second batch of Indians exiled after February 5 by the administration led by US President Donald Trump as part of action on illegal migrants.